14 thoughts on “Prepping the Quilts 2018”

Congratulations on having two quilts accepted to Road to California! That’s exciting for you! And I’m guessing you’ll get to attend the show too. This blog post is excellent for showing all the behind-the-scenes efforts needed to prepare a quilt for a show. It’s a lot of work! In fact, you’ve reminded me that I have quilts to prep for two upcoming shows. Ugh. The local show, at the end of January, is the most demanding. Not only the sleeve, label, label covering, and number-pinning are required, but also each quilt is expected to be delivered in it’s own labeled, custom-sized, drawstring bag! Then TWO drop-offs and pick-ups are needed. One for photos and judging, the other for the quilt show. It’s nearly enough to make one not want to bother showing two quilts (limit of two per quilter). I wish you all the best with your lovely entries. I hope you bring home some ribbon!

Congrats on your quilts going to Road!! I’ve used that marker trick to fix a quilting problem before but didn’t know it had ever been mentioned in quilting books. It feels like cheating but hey, it works.

There is much to do to get the quilts ready, isn’t there? I entered one quilt in a show once and it was almost enough to put me off forever! Good luck with these two beautiful quilts! They are already winners in my eyes. I guess the judges don’t read blogs or Instagram?

Wonderful news! Such beautiful quilts.
I’ve used the marker trick and think I heard it on television many years ago before we had all those great colors.
I didn’t know about all the prep involved in the process beyond the sleeve and a label.

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